Cilia-Associated Respiratory (CAR) Bacillus Infection in Conventionally Reared Rabbits

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 363-371

  Caniatti, M ^a   Crippa, L ^b   Giusti, A M ^a   Mattiello, S ^a   Grilli, G ^a   Orsenigo, R ^a   Scanziani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CILIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ITALY; LUNG; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032133796     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00805.x     Document Type: Article

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